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Fear-panic

Quotepic Vannevar Bush on fear and calm set on purple flower bud against a dark background

Vannevar Bush

Fear cannot be banished but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

A thought:

Our fears are so vivid and real to us. It is exactly as if we are fleeing or fighting for our lives in all kinds of situations, even though the threats are so different from how we were originally wired. We haven't had time to evolve with our threats, and we react to all kinds of things with hysteria and impulse. It's not easy to change that, but it's something we can work on, and it does get easier, like much, with practice.

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